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Daniel Dukarevich: Eyewitness Account of the Razing of Al-Araqeeb: ‘You Will Not Erase It’
By Daniel Dukarevich. On the ground report from Daniel who was previously interviewed here, reposted from Tikkun Olam. Uprooting the olive trees of Al-Araqeeb Yesterday, Daniel Dukarevich posted an eyewitness account (Hebrew) of the eradication of the Bedouin Negev village of Al-Araqeeb by the Israeli police and military. It is disturbing and moving and worth reading to learn how this evil decree was implemented: Translation: Dena Shunra I don’t have a fully congruent recollection of this night and this … Read entire article »
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May you have good grief: Tisha B’ Av on the Only Democracy?
by Jesse Bacon I just got done observing Tisha B’ Av, the 9th of Av a relatively new Jewish holiday commemorating the destruction of the Temples. Having attended liberal Tisha B’ Av observances … Read more »
Happy 4th of July Weekend from the Only Democracy?
By Jesse Bacon As a rural-raised revolutionary, I love the 4th of July. It is a great time … Read more »
Mud and Hope in South Hebron
June 26, 2010 Bi’r el-’Id There’s a strange beauty in the viscous black mud that comes up from … Read more »
On the Ground Reports
Daniel Dukarevich: Eyewitness Account of the Razing of Al-Araqeeb: ‘You Will Not Erase It’
By Daniel Dukarevich. On the ground report from Daniel who was previously interviewed here, reposted from Tikkun Olam. Uprooting … Read more »
Urgent need for support to release 17 year old Ahmad Abed Al-Fatah from jail
From the Friends of Freedom and Justice Bil’in and the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee On July 19, 2010 … Read more »
Alert: Thousands of police evacuating and demolishing the village of El-Araqib in the Israeli Negev
by Yeela Raanan. Tuesday, 5:30am Thousands of police are in the village of el-Araqib right now – beginning a … Read more »
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Urgent need for support to release 17 year old Ahmad Abed Al-Fatah from jail
From the Friends of Freedom and Justice Bil’in and the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee On July 19, 2010 Bil’in was subjected to yet another Israeli Occupation Forces night raid when an unusually heavy number of Israeli soldiers entered the outskirts of the village to arrest a local youth; 17 year old Ahmad Abed Al-Fatah Burnat – who unfortunately was … Read entire article »
Alert: Thousands of police evacuating and demolishing the village of El-Araqib in the Israeli Negev
by Yeela Raanan. Tuesday, 5:30am Thousands of police are in the village of el-Araqib right now – beginning a mass evacuation, demolition, and erasure of this historical Bedouin village. if you have access to the media, please send them to this village as soon as possible! the village of el-Araqib is between Rahat and Beer Sheva, and in … Read entire article »
Another Well and Another Goat
(crossposted on the Villages Group Blog) ——————- Al-Tawamin, July 24, 2010 Here is the unlikely battlefield. You have a mountain slope, baked dry, thousands of sun-bleached rocks, millions of thorns. It issues into an even drier wadi, on the other side of which another slope of rocks and thorns rises up only to descend into the next wadi, and so it goes from ridge to ridge and wadi to wadi until pure desert takes over and rolls on as far as the horizon. On the slope in question, there is a functional well, its mouth encased in stone. The well belongs to the Palestinian shepherds of south Hebron, specifically to the Al-Murgh family, which has been chased … Read entire article »
Israeli Knesset completes step 1 of 3 in criminalizing nonviolent economic pressure against the Occupation
by Cecilie Surasky, crossposted from our sisterblog Muzzlewatch.com Real News Network, a professional online alternative to US corporate media, has this comprehensive report about a Knesset bill to criminalize Palestinian, international and Israeli efforts to promote and enact boycotts against Israel. Last week, it passed its “preliminary reading” in the Knesset, with two more rounds to … Read entire article »
Criminalization of Popular Struggle Continued; Abdallah Abu Rahmah Sentenced
From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee. Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s first trial from 2005 had reached conclusion yesterday, with his sentencing to two months of imprisonment and a six months suspended sentence for participating and organizing demonstrations and for walking the streets of his village during a curfew designed to prevent a demonstration. A verdict in Abu Rahmah’s … Read entire article »